IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF TEST EDUCATION

Summary Testing has always been an inherent calmponent of electronics. Therefore it should be viewed as a very successfully evolving field deserving a sizable portion of the credit usually given to design and manufacturing for the spectacular progress of the entire electronics area. Why, then, is it necessary to question and analyze the quality of testing education? Is testing really suffering because inadequate attention has been paid by the academic institution to testing related engineering ancl theoretical problems? The answer for the above question seems to be "yes." But the primary reason for this situation should not be attributed to academia alone. Industry also seems to be responsible for the inadequate production of high quality researchers and engineers who can effectively cope with complicated testing issues of modern electronic systems. The essence of the above problem is in the compartmentalization of the testing field, which, while convenient from administration point of view, promotes an inefficiency in communication between the various parties forming the testing community. These communication bottlenecks have led to the formation of contradicting views of the testing field.